That hit me like a ton of bricks. ...Why didn't someone tell me that oh soooo many years ago when I debuted on this earth? That's a terrific thing to tap for.

On a scale of 0-10 what is the intensity of your belief for this statement? __________

let's start with the karate chop point, and tap around as you are called to, moving from one point to another:

Even tho no one told me at birth it was my life's purpose to be happy, I deeply and completely love and accept myself, Even tho no one told me at birth it was my life's purpose to be happy, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. Even tho no one told me at birth it was my life's purpose to be happy, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

I forgive myself for my contribution to it, I forgive others for their contribution to it (or lack of contribution to it by not telling me about it), and I forgive the ancestors for sending down other philosophies.

Even tho no one told me at birth it was my life's purpose to be happy, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

If I had known it was my life's purpose to be happy, I would have never felt that whenever something good happened I had to compensate with something not so good to balance it out. ... so I had to "pay" for it. I didn't think we were rewarded for being happy.

If I had known it was my life's purpose to be happy, I would have known I could be happy and not feel I couldn't be happy if others weren't happy.

If I had known it was my life's purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have felt guilty if I was happy.

If I had known it was my life's purpose to be happy, I wouldn't feel guilty if I had more than others....so maybe I "made sure" I didn't have a lot more?

If I had known it was my life's purpose to be happy, I wouldn't feel guilty if I was happier than others.

If I had known it was my life's purpose to be happy, I wouldn't feel guilty and kept myself from having what I needed.

Even tho I didn't know it was my life's purpose to be happy, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. I forgive myself for living all this time thinking it was only the "pursuit of happiness" that I should strive for not the attainment of it.

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What is the definition of happiness? Each person's definition would be different, and of course the Dali Lama wasn't talking about being vain, narcissistic, grasping and selfish....he meant that inner sense of happiness.

Each emotion/state of being is governed by one major meridian. "Happy vs. Unhappy" comes under the Liver meridian; the point we tap on is the "bra line" under the breast. yet it is one component of a pattern....the primary meridian, which in this case is the Liver, the foundation of it is the Stomach meridian, it's shadow is the Small Intestine meridian and it's "lord" is Circ-sex or Pericardium meridian. The emotions for the Liver are frustration, anger, suppressed and unhappy, seeking to be independent, liberated and free and... happy. Its base, its foundation is the stomach meridian, moving from the negative emotions of undeserving, loss of identity, neglect ...to desiring to be content and fulfilled. Its shadow is the small intestine, to ascend and move out of the duality of victim/victor, predator/prey, to the attainment of "vehicle" where we aren't defined by either. "Lording over" it all is Circulation sex meridian, which is "hibitedness" * or sexual security.

That sounds like happiness, doesn't it? The definition of Happiness could be:

Liberated and free,
Content and fulfilled,
A vehicle for the universal energies above the fray of the duality,
and Sexual security.....

Everything else falls into place from that. So we can tap for these 4:

Even tho I was suppressed, oppressed and repressed, frustrated and angry instead of being happy, independent, liberated and free, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even tho I believed I didn't deserve to be happy...to have enough..., I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even tho in discriminating** between the wheat and the chaff I chose the chaff, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even tho I was hurt by love and protected my heart by being inhibited so I wouldn't be hurt again, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

I choose again......I choose again....I choose again....

I choose to be happy. I choose to be independent, liberated and free.

I choose to know I deserve to be happy and it's my inalienable right to be so.

I choose the wheat from the chaff and draw in positive people in to my life who are able to accept being happy, too.

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To expand this even further, we can go around the meridian wheel and address each primary emotion in relation to our life's purpose to be happy.

let's tap, starting with the karate chop point and then tapping each point for the specific meridian, or you can tap the normal sequence:

Even tho I didn't know it is my life's purpose to be happy, and I didn't act accordingly, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. Even tho this statement hit me like a ton of bricks and I realized how our world doesn't support this, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

I forgive myself for my contribution to it. I forgive others for not surrounding me with that concept, I forgive the ancestors for not sending it down. This is merely a physical manifestation of a blocked emotional issue and I love myself faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar too much to allow it to continue one second longer.

SE: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have felt I had to balance any happiness with stress or unhappiness to "pay" for it. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have abandoned myself for the sake of others. (gall bladder)

On bra line: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have repressed my true desires and lived other people's lives. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have let things eat at me.....I would have known it was ok to find my divine path. (Liver)

thumbs: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have hidden my light under a bushel. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have dissociated from my traumas but found a way to discharge them and not hold on to them as a badge of honor. (Lung)

index finger to a point on the face, 1* out from the widest part of the nostrils: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have felt defective, I wouldn?t have felt unwanted. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have felt guilty....about everything. (Lg Intestine)

UEyes: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have lost my true identity somewhere along the way...I wouldn't feel my identity had been stolen. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have felt I wasn't deserving of it. (Stomach)

4" down from arm pit: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have been so critical ; I wouldn't have been so disillusioned. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have felt shame for not being perfect. (Spleen)

baby fingers: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have denied myself my heart's desire....I wouldn't have been unkind to myself. (Heart)

Base of Ears at jawline: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have been so undiscriminating between what was good and what wasn't good for me. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have been used, abused and confused. (Sm. Intestine)

BEyebrows: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have thrown up barriers to achieving it. I wouldn't have thought it was too overwhelming to accomplish. I wouldn't have gone into denial. I wouldn't have tried to control my world so happiness couldn't get in. (bladder)

Thump on chest: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have lived in what I felt was an unsafe world....I wouldn't have lived in fear. (Kidneys)

Middle Fingers: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have been so inhibited. I wouldn't have looked for the clinkers in life. (Circ-Sex)

Sides of eyes or 4th fingers: If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy,I wouldn't have been so depressed. If I had known it was my life purpose to be happy, I wouldn't have been so self destructive. (Triple Warmer)

I choose again, I choose again. I choose again

Now that I know it's my life purpose to be happy

SEyes: I embrace being adored by the universe (gall bladder)

On "bra" line: I embrace being independent, liberated and free...and happy! (Liver)

thumbs: I embrace being able to look in the mirror and be proud of myself (Lung)

index finger to a point on the face, 1* out from the widest part of the nostrils: I embrace being sacred space (Lg. Intestine)

UEyes: I embrace being content and fulfilled (Stomach)

4" down from armpit: I embrace being secure, grateful and accepted (Spleen)

baby fingers: I embrace loving others and being loved unconditionally (heart)

base of ears at jawline: I embrace choosing the wheat from the chaff in my life. I embrace choosing the right over wrong because I?m deserving of it. (sm intestine)

BEyes: I embrace acceptance, and trust in life to provide my happiness (Bladder)

thump on chest: I embrace peace and tranquility (kidneys)

middle fingers: I embrace "hibitedness", sexual security. I embrace the totality of the symphony of life. (Circ-sex)

SEyes or 4th fingers: I embrace self constructiveness (TW)

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I now know and believe it is my inalienable right to be happy. and I am happy and guilt free for the rest of my lives.

tap around on each point: "inalienable right to be happy" ...then "inalienable right to be free and happy and well"

State: It is my life's purpose to be happy:

Now on a scale from 0-10 where are you? ____

*I figure if there are words "inhibited" and "uninhibited" then there must be a word "hibit" for being in a positive place with sexuality!

** In the small intestine meridian, "discriminating" is not a bad word. The small intestine gets the food at that point and decides what is healthy and should go in to the body to nourish it, and what is is not healthy and should be eliminated. So discriminating in this instance is to choose what's healthy over what isn't.

copyright 2009, Pamela Leigh Powers, CCHT, EFT practitioner, all rights reserved. Permission is given to use this script for yourself and with your clients, and in groups, as long as credit is given to author.